Two Hearts Beat as One

Ah, Surname. I trust that you have honed your skills well since last we spoke. The day draws nigh, and it is time for you to put all you have learned to practice.

Two music boxes, two stones, two heretofore unheard arrangements of a timeless melody. Our clients are counting on me to deliver them a treasure that they can cherish for a lifetime—and I am counting on you. Work swiftly and surely, Surname. I look forward to seeing the fruits of your labor.

In order to complete this quest, you must have learned the advanced recipes contained within Master Goldsmith III.

Craft a star sapphire music box and a star ruby music box and present them to Marcel

This is the moment of truth, Surname. Have you finished work on your commission? I trust you have no regrets.

The player hands over the Star Sapphire Music Box and the Star Ruby Music Box.

Such craftsmanship! I am at a loss for words, Surname. If my clients are half as taken with your work as I am, this will be the happiest day of their lives since the day they exchanged their vows.

I would have you deliver the pieces in person—doubtless it would mean much to them to receive their gifts from the creator's own hand. The sapphire is for Jeweled Peak, while the ruby is for her husband. I have arranged for them to meet us at the Quicksand—go along, and I shall join you presently.

If my clients are half as taken with your work as I am, Surname, this will be the happiest day of their lives since the day they exchanged their vows.

I would have you deliver the pieces in person—doubtless it would mean much to them to receive their gifts from the creator's own hand. The sapphire is for Jeweled Peak, while the ruby is for her husband. I have arranged for them to meet us at the Quicksand—go along, and I shall join you presently.

Deliver the star ruby music box to Still River

Optional dialogue

Marcel asked me to meet him here. Surely this is about the music box I commissioned for Still River. I do hope that there have been no unforeseen complications...

Well now, here's the goldsmith I was waitin' for! Marcel was sayin' that you had somethin' for me?

The player hands over the Star Ruby Music Box.

Why, it's my music box—and ain't it a beauty, at that! To be able to give my wife a present like this on our special day...you've made one man's dream come true. I can hardly wait to see the look on her face!

Deliver the star sapphire music box to Jeweled Peak

Optional dialogue

To be able to give my wife a present like this on our special day...you've made one man's dream come true. I can hardly wait to see the look on her face!

Marcel asked me to meet him here. Could it be? Oh, but it must—this is our day of bonding, after all!

The player hands over the Star Sapphire Music Box.

Start of cutscene.

...My dearest! Whatever brings you to the Quicksand?

Hm!? Why, I was about to ask the same of you!

Welcome, my friends. On behalf of Eshtaime's, allow me to offer my deepest congratulations to the both of you on this most special of days. A day which, if I am not mistaken, you have each seen fit to commemorate with a gift fit for the occasion...

Aye, that I have...and you?

Good heavens...!

Gahaha! We've gone and done it, haven't we, dear? I often say that Jeweled Peak and I share a mind, but to think we'd commission the same bloody gift!

But I reckon we've naught to worry about. They say this goldsmith here is one of Eshtaime's finest. Surely he/she's seen that each one plays a different tune.

Ah! You would think so, wouldn't you? Yes, that would be the idea of a first-rate goldsmith. But Mister/Miss Surname is more than just a first-rate goldsmith—he/she will go down as one of the greatest geniuses our realm has ever known. Behold!

Oho! Well, now you've got my interest piqued.

Why, it's simply beautiful! Remember, my dear? This is the song we heard together, on that day we first met!

Erm, uh, yes... It was, wasn't it...

What are you mumbling about over there? Surely you haven't forgotten our special song!

O-Of course I haven't! I...I was just wonderin' what my present sounded like.

How curious! It's the same melody, and yet it is...different...somehow.

By Thal, I've got it! Rather than choosin' two unrelated pieces, this goldsmith managed to work in two arrangements of our favorite song. It's a stroke of genius, I say!

Just so—and that's just the beginning! If I might be so bold, I invite you to place the two music boxes together and play them in unison.

Why, they are two...yet they are one! When two melodies come together, a song never before heard is born. A fitting metaphor for us—would you not say, my dear?

Haha! That's my girl—ever the poet! I'm no wizard with words, so I'll just say this—thank you, friend. You've made this anniversary one we'll remember for the rest of our days.

Well, Surname, it seems we have two eminently satisfied customers. Allow me to congratulate you on your most remarkable efforts. And with that, I should be getting back to the shop. Good day to you all.

End of cutscene.

Report to Marcel at Eshtaime's Aesthetics

Optional dialogue

Gwahaha! You could've just told me that I'd placed the same order as my wife—'course, seein' the genius that came of it, I'm glad you didn't. Thank you, friend—we'll treasure these twin music boxes for the rest of our days.

I had high hopes when I placed my order with Eshtaime's, but never in my wildest dreams did I expect to own a work of such genius. I thank you from the depths of my heart.

Momodi

What a touchin' scene—nigh moved me to tears, I say. What I wouldn't give to meet a man like that...!

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